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steady quantities the superior ranchester cotton
niece poods, practically all piece goods now impor­
ted into Rohm in ore of Jana no so origin, bom-lit bv
local traders through thoir Admits in Bombay; but
this enterprise extends over a wide ranpc includ­
ing cement, cycles and gramophones, and may go fur­
ther even to rice, motor curs and eggs! Also,
Chinese cigarettes have made their appearance, us
well as Russian niece goods, matches and sugar*
The following comparison of the principal commo­
dities imported should be of interest:-

Year 1350 Yeur 1351
Commodity Unit Quantity value A.V. •quantity* va lue IX. • V.
-fe- •Rs-

Rice cwts 263,308 20,76,850./- 318,558 17,33,530/-
7/heat " 18,990 92,910/- 13,358 06,800/-
7/heat flour n 45,790 1,93,000/- 50,674 2,34,450/-

Coffee bgs 6,420 4,19,650/- 6,133 4,14,960/-
Sugar (soft
including Bri­
tish & Russian
beet) • • cwts 95,140/ 6,46,030/- 66,234 3,98,670/-
Sugar (loaf) 3rs 24,670 3,68,650/- 23,013/ 2,08,320/-
Block tea c, s 11,484 4,62,000/- 4,777 1,65,700/-

Cotton Pcegds. 21,25,970/- 17,38,870/-
I Silken and arti­
ficial silk
piecegoods 1,81,500/- 3,27,080/-

Considering the above, the year 1351 shev/s a deg
crease under 1350 in most commodities, whicn is consis­
tent with the trade position. The marked decrease,
howevr-r, in sugar and ,tea may be accounted for by
falling-off in the export trade in these two commodi­
ties, for this exy'hrt'trade accounted for the greater
hart of the innorts, when the teo and sugar were expor­
ted hence to the mainland of ,Arabia, and re-exported
thence possibly to certain Persian ports, I am inf9rmed.
It appears that an almost prohibitive imnort duty is
inr>ose*: on tea and smsar, which, supported by strict
patrol of the sea-coast, makes this Persian import
trade very difficult for the m.rchants; but of course
this arrangement enures in favour of the well-known
Russian trade agreement anl assists the T\S,3.R, in
exporting its tea and sugar into J'orsianterritories
from the *I!orth; and consequently the southern import
suffers accordingly.